Samurais live and thrive off of honor most if they lose honor they commit suicide
The Japanese islands are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu.
Japanese religion is called Shinto
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What type of government do they have?
What training did samurais have to go through
What did Shinto teach?
How did Zen Buddhism start?
How was the Samurais treated?
What was the Samurai armor made of?
How did they keep economy?
What is a shogun?
What weapons did the Samurais use
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Size and Comparison
1. What body of water found between Japan and the mainland of Asia? Sea of Japan
2. Name the two countries located nearest to Japan. China and Korea
3. Name two countries near Japan that are much larger in area than Japan. China and Korea
4. What large ocean is off the southeast coast of Japan? Pacific Ocean
5. What are the names of the islands of Japan? Kyushu Honshu and Shikoku and Hokkaido
Climate
6. What is the climate like in Japan? Sub tropic for the 4 seasons
Natural Features
7. What is the largest island in Japan? Honshu
8. Why does Japan have little land that is good for farming? Most of the land consist of mountains making it hard to farm
Agriculture
9. What is the main agricultural crop of Japan? rice
10. Given Japan's geography, why would fish be a popular source of food? Because they live on the coasts and it easier to fish when there are oceans near
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Details / definition
Helper word
Shinto
The religion of the Japanese
Religion
Zen
The newer form of Buddhism
Buddhism
Pure Land
Purified land
Pure
Haiku
Poem
Poem
Lady Mirasaki Shikibu
The first empress
Lady
Prince Shotoku
A regent and politician
Prince
Jimmu
Descendant of a god and first emperor
God
Regent
A person with a country that cannot rule it
Regent
Ainu
Tall white people that were there before the Japanese
Shoguns Rule Japan
What if there were no shoguns? Would there be chaos in the military branch? Bushido
What kind of poem a haiku or just a normal one and what was he doing before he started writing Bushido and Modern Japan People believe they have samurai blood flowing in there veins and belive they should practice bushido Foreign Invasion Page 216
Internal Rebellion
After the Mongols attacked the Japanese fought amongst themselves and made matter worse the gybe attacked and the daimyos would send them to assassinate the daimyos of opposing forces Unification
Oda Nobunaga when did you get the guns? How much money was needed? Did it affect the economy? Isolation Less technology Isolation -> got less people able to revolt
Extended the samurai period
Feudal Japan: A Brief History
1. At the beginning of Japan's feudal period, Japan was organized much like Europe during the Middle Ages. As in Medieval Europe, Japan was divided into small regions ruled by nobles. Nobles paid samurai to fight for them. G. because it has people separated from a bigger person or nobles
Samurai means "to serve." Samurai served their nobles and lived under a code of conduct, called bushido, "the way of the warrior." Under bushido, samurai were to be courageous, loyal, and honorable; they would rather die than be defeated. F. because it’s a samurais sword to represent them
3. Samurai were the backbone of Japanese society. As well as fighting for nobles, they kept the peace and gathered taxes in villages. They performed the jobs of government. E. its looks like a mail drop box where you would put taxes or mail
4. In the 1100's, the Minamoto family conquered much of Japan. The Japanese emperor feared the family would take his throne by force. To keep it, the emperor gave a Minamoto the title, "shogun." The emperor became a figurehead; the shogun ruled all of Japan with one, central government. C. because if emperor is a figure head at top the shogun is seconded samurai next and peasants last
5. With the help of samurai, a series of shoguns ruled Japan. Shoguns paid samurai with land. This was a problem. A samurai gave each of his sons a piece of his land, and those sons gave their sons a piece. After years, land was divided into small parts.
H. because if the samurai gave part of his land to his son and to his son etc
No one could live.
6. In 1331, the emperor revolted against the Kamakura shogun. Samurai joined the emperor and defeated the Kamakura. Unfortunately, the emperor refused to give land to the samurai. Samurai left the emperor to join another shogun, Ashikaga.
B because they depated
7. The Ashikaga shoguns were weak, and people revolted against their power. Japan was divided into small territories headed by military lords, called daimyo. Though they pledged loyalty to the emperor and shogun, daimyo ruled their territories like independent kingdoms, ignoring the central government.
D because they were weak like a chicken
8. In exchange for land, samurai joined daimyo across Japan. With no support from samurai, the central government broke down. Japan was divided again.
A. because daimyo them land for them to give to there sons
Date: 2-1-11
Period: 5th
Japan K.W.L.Q. Chart
Samurais live and thrive off of honor most if they lose honor they commit suicide
The Japanese islands are Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu.
Japanese religion is called Shinto
What type of government do they have?
What training did samurais have to go through
What did Shinto teach?
How did Zen Buddhism start?
How was the Samurais treated?
What was the Samurai armor made of?
How did they keep economy?
What is a shogun?
What weapons did the Samurais use
Size and Comparison
1. What body of water found between Japan and the mainland of Asia? Sea of Japan
2. Name the two countries located nearest to Japan. China and Korea
3. Name two countries near Japan that are much larger in area than Japan. China and Korea
4. What large ocean is off the southeast coast of Japan? Pacific Ocean
5. What are the names of the islands of Japan? Kyushu Honshu and Shikoku and Hokkaido
Climate
6. What is the climate like in Japan? Sub tropic for the 4 seasons
Natural Features
7. What is the largest island in Japan? Honshu
8. Why does Japan have little land that is good for farming? Most of the land consist of mountains making it hard to farm
Agriculture
9. What is the main agricultural crop of Japan? rice
10. Given Japan's geography, why would fish be a popular source of food? Because they live on the coasts and it easier to fish when there are oceans near
Shikibu
Chapter 8.3
The Rise of the Samurai
Shoguns Rule Japan
What if there were no shoguns? Would there be chaos in the military branch?
Bushido
What kind of poem a haiku or just a normal one and what was he doing before he started writing
Bushido and Modern Japan
Foreign Invasion
Internal Rebellion
After the Mongols attacked the Japanese fought amongst themselves and made matter worse the gybe attacked and the daimyos would send them to assassinate the daimyos of opposing forces
Unification
Oda Nobunaga when did you get the guns? How much money was needed? Did it affect the economy?
Isolation
Less technology
Isolation -> got less people able to revolt
Extended the samurai period
Feudal Japan: A Brief History
1. At the beginning of Japan's feudal period, Japan was organized much like Europe during the Middle Ages. As in Medieval Europe, Japan was divided into small regions ruled by nobles. Nobles paid samurai to fight for them. G. because it has people separated from a bigger person or nobles
Samurai means "to serve." Samurai served their nobles and lived under a code of conduct, called bushido, "the way of the warrior." Under bushido, samurai were to be courageous, loyal, and honorable; they would rather die than be defeated. F. because it’s a samurais sword to represent them
3. Samurai were the backbone of Japanese society. As well as fighting for nobles, they kept the peace and gathered taxes in villages. They performed the jobs of government. E. its looks like a mail drop box where you would put taxes or mail
4. In the 1100's, the Minamoto family conquered much of Japan. The Japanese emperor feared the family would take his throne by force. To keep it, the emperor gave a Minamoto the title, "shogun." The emperor became a figurehead; the shogun ruled all of Japan with one, central government. C. because if emperor is a figure head at top the shogun is seconded samurai next and peasants last
5. With the help of samurai, a series of shoguns ruled Japan. Shoguns paid samurai with land. This was a problem. A samurai gave each of his sons a piece of his land, and those sons gave their sons a piece. After years, land was divided into small parts.
H. because if the samurai gave part of his land to his son and to his son etc
No one could live.
6. In 1331, the emperor revolted against the Kamakura shogun. Samurai joined the emperor and defeated the Kamakura. Unfortunately, the emperor refused to give land to the samurai. Samurai left the emperor to join another shogun, Ashikaga.
B because they depated
7. The Ashikaga shoguns were weak, and people revolted against their power. Japan was divided into small territories headed by military lords, called daimyo. Though they pledged loyalty to the emperor and shogun, daimyo ruled their territories like independent kingdoms, ignoring the central government.
D because they were weak like a chicken
8. In exchange for land, samurai joined daimyo across Japan. With no support from samurai, the central government broke down. Japan was divided again.
A. because daimyo them land for them to give to there sons